Crawling!

Sadie started legitimately crawling this week! And, equally exciting, she appears to share her mama's love of shoes . . .

Havin' a Ball!

AF Ball 2010

Happy Monday! I don't know about you, but we had quite the weekend. On Saturday night we attended the annual Air Force Ball. The days leading up to it were a bit hectic as I scrambled to find a dress and the perfect accessories, while Derek made a few trips to the base uniform store for his man-cessories to update his mess dress.

It also meant finding someone to watch Sadie. I had no idea just how big of a deal this was. First, there's the immediate issue of actually finding someone to physically watch her. Then, I had to frantically clean the house since, heaven forbid, the babysitter might see the cobwebs accumulating in the corners now that I have a few - ok, a million - other things ranking higher than cleaning on my priorities list. And I had to shop for and make snacks so the sitter had something to eat while she was here. Oh, and I had to deal with the emotional trauma of leaving our baby with someone else for bedtime. Sheesh!

Fortunately, we found a wonderful babysitter - my friend and fellow AF wife, Steph, who graciously agreed to watch her. Steph has to be one of the kindest people I know, so I knew Sadie would be in good hands, which definitely lessened the trauma a bit. From what I hear, though, everything went well and they had a great time!

And Derek and I did, too. It was fun to get out, have some grown-up conversations with friends - and one another - and enjoy being adults. We left the party around 10 and as we were driving home, Derek wondered out loud why so many people were on the road so late. At 10 pm. On a Saturday. Hmm . . . maybe we need to get out a little more often.

We spent most of Sunday recuperating and enjoyed another ball of sorts . . . football! We had a great time rooting for Peyton and the rest of the Colts in the Manning Bowl. Sadie got into it, too, as you can see . . .

Goooo Colts!

Seven Months!

Sadie attended her first birthday party. Her friend - and apparent crush, judging by this picture - Dane turned 1!

Now that Sadie's over seven months old, life is definitely getting more active for all of us! Sadie scoots, bounces, and rolls EVERYWHERE . . . it's exciting but is keeping us on our toes. Just the other day I put her in the middle of our ginormous king-sized bed so that I could try on a dress. It took about a nanosecond for me to slip the dress over my head, but that was just enough time for her to roll to the edge of the bed and launch herself off of it. She cried for about 15 seconds. I cried for the rest of the day. Bad Mom moment.

Here's a peek at a few happier moments this month:

Willy the Penguin was a hand-me-down from our neighbors. It's a bit weeble-wobble-esque . . . you can punch it, kick it or whatever and it pops right back, with a soundtrack of giggles and peppy music. Apparently it was a hit with their little girl. Not so much with ours . . .

. . . she cries every time she sees him, completely terrified of the guy. Poor Willy has now taken up residence in our garage.


Mastering the oh-so-messy art of feeding herself.

Sadie now has two little teeth! Needless to say, the chilled teethers were a constant companion for a few weeks.

I'm not sure if it's the jean jacket or what, but I feel like this should be Sadie's back-to-school (or in her case back-to-playgroup) outfit.

The end result (no pun intended!) of most diaper changes these days. Maybe this is just preparation for all those calf wrangling tournaments we'll be in when we move to Oklahoma in a few months!

Bookworm

Another teething savior . . . frozen fruit in a feeder bag. As you can tell, Sadie LOVED this remedy.

Photo Shoot

We recently had Sadie's 6(ish) month pictures taken. We've been so fortunate to get to know Sarah Fuccillo - the amazingly talented photographer who also happens to be our neighbor. You might remember her work from Sadie's newborn shots (see the "Cover Girl" post).

Sadie and I had a lot of fun hanging out with her! For whatever reason, though, Sadie refused to smile. Until I was buckling her in her carseat after the shoot was over, that is . . . she was all smiles and giggles then and for the rest of the afternoon. Stinker!

Regardless, we love the shots Sarah got and hope you will, too. Enjoy!

P-P-P-Pucker Face, P-P-Pucker Face

Sadie tried an apple-cranberry combo tonight. She reacted like this with every bite:

Incidentally, that's the face I make every time I eat a sour gummy worm.

Anyway, despite the face, she LOVED it! Pigged out on it, actually . . . also like me with a bag of sour gummy worms.